The Environmental Science Program's upper-division concentrations provide in-depth study
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Educational Excellence
Of 500 full-time faculty members
at SMU, 86.4 percent hold the doctorate or highest degree in their
fields.
In addition to respected educators in biology, geology and chemistry,
the SMU faculty includes national figures in such specialties as
biology of aging, nuclear test-ban verification technology, finance,
high-energy physics, medical ethics, moral theology, international
law, anthropology and many others.
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Degree
Emphasis
After students in the Environmental
Science Program at Southern Methodist University have completed their core courses, they select
a biology, earth science, or
chemistry emphasis for upper division study.
All students will come together their senior year in a multidisciplinary
seminar in Environmental Science.
Biology, earth science and chemistry concentrations include these courses. Click here
for more information on these courses and their content.
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Required
4 hours |
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Introductory
Biology I -BIOL 1401
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Electives
14 or more hours |
- Evolution-BIOL
3303
- Genetics-BIOL
3304
- Physiology-BIOL
3306
- Plant Kingdom-BIOL
3342
- Field Botany
(Taos)-BIOL 3343
- Systematic
Botany (Taos)-BIOL 3347
- Modern and
Ancient Climates-GEOL 3353
- Parasitology-BIOL
3354
- Biology of the
Invertebrates-BIOL 3357
- Microbiology-BIOL
3403
- Vertebrate
Anatomy Lab (co-requisite BIOL 5366)-BIOL 5166
- Vertebrate
Origins and Evolution (co-requisite BIOL 5166)-BIOL 5366
- Biological
Chemistry Lab (co- or pre-requisite BIOL 5310)-BIOL 5110
- Biological
Chemistry: Metabolism-BIOL 5311
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Required
9 or 10 hours |
- Inorganic Chemistry I-CHEM 3359
- Either Organic Chemistry II & Organic Chemistry II Laboratory (CHEM 3372
& CHEM 3118) or Quantitative Analysis-CHEM 3351
- Physical Chemistry-CHEM 5381 or CHEM 5583
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Electives
9 or more hours |
- Environmental Geology and Geochemical Cycles-GEOL 3366
- Hydrogeology-GEOL 5384
- Geochemistry-GEOL 5386
- Modern and Ancient Climates-GEOL 3353
- Thermodynamics of Geologic Processes-GEOL 6338
- Research-CHEM 4197, 4297, or 4397
- Groundwater Hydrology & Contamination-ME 5317
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Electives
Choose 18 or more hours |
- Modern and Ancient Climates-GEOL 3353
- Process Geomorphology-GEOL 3360, or Global Geomorphology-GEOL 5398
- Environmental Geology and Geochemical Cycles-GEOL 3366
- Paleobiology-GEOL 3369
- Structural Geology-GEOL 3454
- Sedimentology-GEOL 3472
- Hydrogeology-GEOL 5384
- Geochemistry-GEOL 5386
- Geophysical Prospecting-GEO 4390
- Paleoecology-GEOL 5368
- Thermodynamics & Geologic Process-GEOL 6338
- Integrative Research-GEOL 4296 and/or 4298 (up to 4 credits), or Internship In Geoscience-GEOL 4321
- Inorganic Chemistry-CHEM 3359
- Quantitative Analysis-CHEM 3351
- Organic Chemistry II-CHEM 3372 and Organic Chemistry II lab-CHEM 3118
- Physical Chemistry CHEM 5381 or CHEM 5383
- Statistics-STAT 2331 or 4340
- Fluid Mechanics-ME 2342
- Introduction to Solid and Hazardous Waste Managment-ENCE 3341
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